Critical Geopoltiics- Ukraine’s remarkable protests and whether it should draft all its young men
- Which leaders do Ukrainians trust most?
- Trump as an enemy
- Book Forum on my book: Oceans Rise Empires Fall
- New Publication: What Did the Donbas Want? The attitudes of ordinary people on the eve of the invasion.
- Will Ukraine Be Forced to Give Up Territory?
- Territorial Taboo or Territorial Trading in the Russian War against Ukraine?
- Oceans Rise Empires Fall is published in the USA
- Text of remarks for Kennan Institute’s “Why Ukraine Matters” series.
- On my new book: Oceans Rise Empires Fall
Tag Archives: Russia
Ukraine’s remarkable protests and whether it should draft all its young men
Russia has increased the intensity of its missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, most especially Kyiv. Both at the societal and individual level, these attacks are frightening and horrifying. Of course, these are war crimes and … Continue reading
Territorial Taboo or Territorial Trading in the Russian War against Ukraine?
The good folks at KIIS did an excellent job in very difficult circumstances — missile attacks, power failures, fear and stress — in completing the latest round of survey research in government controlled Ukraine for the joint NSF-ESRC project on … Continue reading
Text of remarks for Kennan Institute’s “Why Ukraine Matters” series.
Below is a transcript of my comments for this series. Click here for a video of the remarks used. For the whole series (which I recommend) click here. What makes the Russian war against Ukraine different from other conflicts in Europe … Continue reading
Bosnia by the Black Sea? Could Crimea be another BiH?
I have an op ed on this topic on the Open Democracy Russia website under the title “Could Crimea Be Another Bosnia?” http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/gerard-toal/could-crimea-be-another-bosnia-republika-srpska-krajina For Bosnia specialists, below is the source I used for the opening quote. Specialists will know I … Continue reading
Just a River Runs Throught It? Transnistria, Moldova and Geopolitical Faultlines
Superman Lenin outside the Transnistrian Supreme Soviet Parliament Building De Facto states are commonly viewed as pawns in a game of Great Power geopolitics. They often exist as a consequence of Great Power intervention and crucial support at consequential moments … Continue reading
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Tagged faultlines, geopolitics, Great Powers, Moldova, Russia, Transnistria
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Mapping Europe’s Borderlands
I was one of three discussants of Steven Seegel’s tremendously impressive book Mapping Europe’s Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Association for the Study of Nationalities conference in New York on 18th April. Larry Wolfe in … Continue reading
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Tagged borderlands, cartography, Eastern Europe, Isaiah Bowman, Russia
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